Shooting between Egyptian, Israeli personnel near Rafah kills one Egyptian
Al JazeeraThe two governments say the exchange of fire near the Egypt-Gaza crossing is being investigated. The “competent authorities” are investigating the death of a member of an Egyptian security team in a shooting near the Rafah border zone, Egypt’s military spokesperson says. Earlier on Monday, Israel’s military said it was also investigating reports of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Egyptian personnel near the crossing between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip. “The competent authorities in the Egyptian Armed Forces are investigating a shooting incident near the border strip in Rafah, which has led to the death of one of the personnel securing the area,” Egyptian Colonel Ghareeb Abdel Hafez Ghareeb said on X, formerly Twitter. … The security implications are extremely important for Egyptian national security.” Early in May, Israel launched its widely criticised assault on Rafah, a narrow area in southern Gaza where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians had sought refuge from Israel’s attacks across the enclave.